MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F174.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508041200F174.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 174 hour GFS valid 18Z MON 11 AUG 25 Station: 31.06,-83.25 Latitude: 31.06 Longitude: -83.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1011 67 34.1 19.4 42 14.7 23.6 108 5 306.3 308.9 296.4 348.8 14.16 1 1000 162 31.9 18.1 44 13.7 22.2 113 7 305.0 307.5 295.4 344.4 13.20 2 950 620 27.3 17.1 54 10.2 20.2 120 10 304.8 307.3 295.2 343.7 13.02 3 900 1096 22.7 16.0 66 6.7 18.1 125 11 304.9 307.3 295.1 343.3 12.84 4 850 1591 18.1 14.9 81 3.2 16.0 128 12 305.1 307.5 295.0 343.0 12.65 5 800 2107 13.8 12.5 92 1.3 13.0 131 14 305.9 308.0 294.4 340.3 11.48 6 750 2649 11.0 6.8 76 4.1 8.5 139 14 308.5 310.1 292.7 333.8 8.31 7 700 3224 9.2 1.5 59 7.7 4.9 153 17 312.7 313.8 292.2 331.8 6.11 8 650 3835 5.3 -0.4 67 5.7 2.2 156 20 315.0 316.1 292.6 333.1 5.73 9 600 4485 1.5 -3.8 68 5.3 -1.2 155 23 317.8 318.8 292.6 333.4 4.83 10 550 5181 -2.5 -8.4 64 5.9 -5.1 154 24 321.1 321.9 292.6 333.2 3.68 11 500 5932 -6.6 -12.1 65 5.5 -8.9 157 24 325.0 325.6 293.1 335.2 3.02 12 450 6747 -11.8 -13.6 86 1.8 -12.5 162 24 328.4 329.0 294.0 338.6 2.98 13 400 7640 -17.2 -18.2 92 1.0 -17.5 162 18 332.6 333.1 294.5 340.6 2.29 14 350 8628 -24.1 -26.9 77 2.8 -24.8 174 20 336.3 336.5 294.5 340.7 1.20 15 300 9733 -31.9 -44.5 28 12.6 -33.3 154 12 340.4 340.5 294.7 341.4 0.24 16 250 10997 -41.6 -50.4 38 8.7 -42.2 124 9 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.8 0.15 17 200 12467 -54.0 -58.7 56 4.7 -54.2 180 9 347.2 347.2 296.1 347.5 0.07 18 150 14263 -65.3 -74.9 25 9.6 -65.4 172 11 357.6 357.6 298.2 357.6 0.01 19 100 16680 -68.4 -83.5 10 15.1 -68.5 123 9 395.6 395.6 304.6 395.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5769.12 m Freezing level: 581.25 mb = 4745.54 m = 15569.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.95 mb = 4258.29 m = 13970.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.61 % Est. max temperature: 32.88 C = 91.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 818.30 mb = 1914.41 m = 6280.78 ft T: 15.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.83 C/km ThetaE index: 17.03 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 810.06 mb = 2000.66 m = 6563.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.52 C = 92.33 F Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lifted Index: -1.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.26 C Showalter Index: -0.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.25 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.73 C Cross Totals Index: 21.52 C K Index: 31.98 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 228.07 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.59 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 311.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 819.09 mb = 1906.17 m = 6253.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 794.09 mb = 2169.39 m = 7117.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 704.09 mb = 3175.56 m = 10418.39 ft B at Equ Level: 13.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 164.09 mb = 13702.27 m = 44954.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 146.8 at 17.1 knts Storm direction: 176.8 at 12.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 35.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 19.61 Bulk Shear: 15.87 m/s